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2009-2010 University Catalog

NCLC 350 - Cyberculture

Credits: 6
Research and write reports about ethical, social, educational, and cultural dynamics of online communities. Students examine who forms and has access to these communities, various types of communities, how people represent themselves online, electronic mediums they use, how technology shapes human interactions, and vice versa. Extensive online discussion component; students post their work on the web. Student groups create a cyberculture web site as the final project.

Prerequisites
NCLC 249, or permission of instructor.

Notes
Students expected to know basic web publishing.

Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week
6
Hours of Lab or Studio per week
0